Commissioners call out police departments for not helping guard behavioral health center

Burlington, Graham, Elon wouldn’t sign on to having their officers available for off-duty work

Alamance County’s leaders have a new bone to pick with some local police departments over their reluctance to join a multiagency effort that aims to beef up security at the county’s mental health center.

Members of the county’s board of commissioners didn’t hesitate to publicly shame the police forces in Burlington, Elon, and Graham for their apparent aloofness when they adopted this interjurisdictional agreement on Monday to provide 24-hour security for the Alamance County Behavioral Health Center…

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